1936 Florida gubernatorial election explained

The 1936 Florida gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1936. Democratic nominee Fred P. Cone defeated Republican nominee E.E. Callaway with 80.91% of the vote.

Primary elections

Primary elections were held on June 2, 1936.^[1]

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Fred P. Cone, former State Senator
• W. Raleigh Petteway, Judge of the Criminal Court of Record for Hillsborough County
• William C. Hodges, State Senator
• Jerry W. Carter, member of the Florida Railroad Commission.^[2]
• B. F. Paty, attorney^[3]
• Dan Chappell
• Grady Burton
• Peter Tomasello Jr., former Speaker of the State House and State Representative.
• Stafford Caldwell
• Amos Lewis
• Mallie Martin, commissioner of the Florida State Road Department.^[4]
• Carl Maples, lumber operator from Wakulla County.
• Redmond B. Gautier, former mayor of Miami.
• J. R. Yearwood

Endorsements

Runoff Results by county

County[5]	Fred P. Cone		W. Raleigh Petteway		Total votes
		%		%
		3,279	62.21%	1,992	37.79%	5,271
		1,891	90.83%	191	9.17%	2,082
		2,438	55.45%	1,959	44.55%	4,397
		1,588	79.52%	409	20.48%	1,997
		1,667	56.59%	1,279	43.41%	2,946
	1,942	45.75%	2,303	54.25%	4,245
		2,054	71.05%	837	28.95%	2,891
		770	58.11%	555	41.89%	1,325
		1,347	75.93%	427	24.07%	1,774
		1,291	68.49%	594	31.51%	1,885
		876	87.43%	126	12.57%	1,002
		2,636	74.04%	924	25.96%	3,560
	10,560	36.07%	18,717	63.93%	29,277
		1,540	56.56%	1,183	43.44%	2,723
		1,179	71.24%	476	28.76%	1,655
		20,444	74.86%	6,865	25.14%	27,309
		8,109	69.45%	3,567	30.55%	11,676
		517	72.01%	201	27.99%	718
		1,119	65.75%	583	34.25%	1,702
		1,980	69.47%	870	30.53%	2,850
		764	81.10%	178	18.90%	942
		681	68.44%	314	31.56%	995
		668	62.14%	407	37.86%	1,075
		1,314	70.08%	561	29.92%	1,875
		1,887	53.27%	1,655	46.73%	3,542
		561	53.63%	485	46.37%	1,046
		822	56.30%	638	43.70%	1,460
		1,927	65.28%	1,025	34.72%	2,952
		13,860	55.20%	11,249	44.80%	25,109
		4,139	71.45%	1,654	28.55%	5,793
		1,172	61.20%	743	38.80%	1,915
		5,499	73.29%	2,004	26.71%	7,503
		1,056	73.64%	378	26.36%	1,434
		952	70.05%	407	29.95%	1,359
	2,554	47.59%	2,813	52.41%	5,367
		'2,536	62.49%	1,522	37.51%	4,058
		2,180	53.77%	1,874	46.23%	4,054
		1,846	73.58%	663	26.42%	2,509
		932	78.58%	254	21.42%	1,186
		2,118	71.97%	825	28.03%	2,943
		2,800	54.95%	2,296	45.05%	5,096
		3,823	79.20%	1,004	20.80%	4,827
		562	56.71%	429	43.29%	991
	582	26.24%	1,636	73.76%	2,218
		902	59.30%	619	40.70%	1,521
		1,834	53.21%	1,613	46.79%	3,447
		530	55.79%	420	44.21%	950
	4,337	47.40%	4,813	52.60%	9,150
		1,422	56.14%	1,111	43.86%	2,533
	4,973	41.88%	6,902	58.12%	11,875
		2,009	55.81%	1,591	44.19%	3,600
	5,021	45.24%	6,078	54.76%	11,099
	6,499	49.11%	6,734	50.89%	13,233
		2,800	74.25%	971	25.75%	3,771
		2,291	57.72%	1,678	42.28%	3,969
		1,635	53.91%	1,398	46.09%	3,033
	1,710	48.39%	1,824	51.61%	3,534
		3,325	69.93%	1430	30.07%	4,755
		1,317	55.81%	1043	44.19%	2,360
		2,032	69.95%	873	30.05%	2,905
		2,743	68.94%	1,236	31.06%	3,979
		1,591	61.07%	1,014	38.93%	2,605
		1,000	76.16%	313	23.84%	1,313
		7,307	60.94%	4,683	39.06%	11,990
		1,112	62.72%	661	37.28%	1,773
		2,671	57.43%	1,980	42.57%	4,651
		3,017	73.41%	1,093	26.59%	4,110

General election

Candidates

• Fred P. Cone, Democratic
• Elvy Edison "E.E" Callaway, Republican, white lawyer for the NAACP.^{[6] [7]}

Results

County results

County[8]	Fred P. Cone Democratic		E.E. Callaway Republican		Total votes
		%		%
		4,908	87.96%	672	12.04%	5,580
		1,576	96.33%	60	3.67%	1,636
		3,024	87.65%	426	12.35%	3,450
		1,521	87.62%	215	12.38%	1,736
		2,526	73.45%	913	26.55%	3,439
		4,608	73.94%	1,624	26.06%	6,232
		1,087	89.69%	125	10.31%	1,212
		889	69.24%	395	30.76%	1,284
		1,410	94.31%	85	5.69%	1,495
		1,359	77.35%	398	22.65%	1,757
		923	94.76%	51	5.24%	974
		2,838	95.23%	142	4.77%	2,980
		27,500	74.56%	9,383	25.44%	36,883
		1,643	78.69%	445	21.31%	2,088
		1,139	96.20%	45	3.80%	1,184
		23,312	84.73%	4,201	15.27%	27,513
		9,049	91.29%	863	8.71%	9,912
		546	88.93%	68	11.07%	614
		1,391	94.56%	80	5.44%	1,471
		2,694	97.82%	60	2.18%	2,754
		802	94.91%	43	5.09%	845
		584	81.56%	132	18.44%	716
		845	95.59%	39	4.41%	884
		1,498	94.69%	84	5.31%	1,582
		2,198	74.26%	762	25.74%	2,960
		708	80.09%	176	19.91%	884
		1,169	87.17%	172	12.83%	1,341
		2,162	79.37%	562	20.63%	2,724
		21,196	84.81%	3,795	15.19%	24,991
		3,271	88.77%	414	11.23%	3,685
		1,365	80.06%	340	19.94%	1,705
		3,961	95.22%	199	4.78%	4,160
		1,287	96.33%	49	3.67%	1,336
		1,113	96.61%	39	3.39%	1,152
		4,517	76.48%	1,389	23.52%	5,906
		2,764	78.75%	746	21.25%	3,510
		3,795	95.66%	172	4.34%	3,967
		2,014	94.91%	108	5.09%	2,122
		837	98.12%	16	1.88%	853
		2,305	96.69%	79	3.31%	2,384
		3,688	77.01%	1,101	22.99%	4,789
		4,637	88.93%	577	11.07%	5,214
		906	80.39%	221	19.61%	1,127
		2,301	90.73%	235	9.27%	2,536
		1,180	90.28%	127	9.72%	1,307
		2,217	90.01%	246	9.99%	2,463
		699	84.32%	130	15.68%	829
		8,148	71.79%	3,202	28.21%	11,350
		1,743	65.90%	902	34.10%	2,645
		10,056	73.20%	3,682	26.80%	13,738
		2,518	75.30%	826	24.70%	3,344
		12,198	62.10%	7,444	37.90%	19,642
		10,765	74.95%	3,598	25.05%	14,363
		3,078	86.32%	488	13.68%	3,566
		2,835	86.99%	424	13.01%	3,259
		2,396	74.18%	834	25.82%	3,230
		2,702	80.11%	671	19.89%	3,373
		3,432	78.97%	914	21.03%	4,346
		2,062	86.57%	320	13.43%	2,382
		2,143	93.62%	146	6.38%	2,289
		2,892	96.30%	111	3.70%	3,003
		1,814	94.92%	97	5.08%	1,911
		1,074	94.54%	62	5.46%	1,136
		8,959	72.52%	3,395	27.48%	12,354
		1,406	98.87%	16	1.13%	1,422
		2,848	92.11%	244	7.89%	3,092
		2,607	91.19%	252	8.81%	2,859
Total	253,638	80.91%	59,832	19.09%	313,470

Notes and References

1. Book: The Florida Handbook . 1987 . Peninsular Publishing Company . 9780961600006 . 2020-05-10.
2. Web site: Jerry W. Carter member of Florida Railway Commission and Nicolas Stahl. 2021-04-10. Library of Congress.
3. Web site: Evans. Jon S.. 2011. Weathering the Storm: Florida Politics during the Administration of Spessard L. Holland in World War II (thesis). live. Florida State University Libraries. 24. https://web.archive.org/web/20210806112534/https://fsu.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/fsu:253845/datastream/PDF/view . 2021-08-06 .
4. Book: T.J., Brooks. OUTLINE AND DIRECTORY OF FLORIDA STATE GOVERNMENT. Artcraft Printers. 1930. Tallahassee, Florida. 16.
5. Gray . R.A. . June 26, 1936 . Tabulation of Official Vote Florida Primary Elections : Democratic and Republican . Tabulation of Official Vote Florida Primary Elections : Democratic and Republican . 1936 . 15.
6. Book: Roberts, Diane. Dream State: Eight Generations of Swamp Lawyers, Conquistadors, Confederate Daughters, Banana Republicans, and Other Florida Wildlife. Free Press. 2007. 9781416589570. 36.
7. News: Park. Martha. April 10, 2021. THIS IS PARADISE. The Bitter Southerner.
8. Gray, R. A. (1936). (rep.). Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Florida (Vol. 1935–1936, p. 371). Deland, FL: The E.O. Painter Printing Co.